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Item title reads - Maintenance gets a lift.

New platform for V.C.10 aircraft. London Airport.

L/S V.C.10 on tarmac at London Airport. M/S as sky lift truck pulls up under tail of plane. C/U as stabiliser comes down. M/S and C/U as mechanics walk to platform and climb on. M/S crowd watching. Various shots as the platform on the truck begins to rise to tail. C/U underside of tail. Various shots mechanics working on the tail. M/S looking down on plane. M/S open panel on tail. Pan across the V.C.10 and sky lift truck by the tail with mechanics still working.

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